Name: SIGMAR POLKE (1941-2010)
Brand: Six prints by the artist
Price: 1200.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

SIGMAR POLKE (1941-2010)
Six prints by the artist
Including: Fernsehbild Eishockey (TV Picture Ice Hockey), offset lithograph, on Chromolux paper, 1973, signed in pencil, presumably a proof aside from the edition of 516; Hände (Die Vermittlung zwischen dem Oberen und dem Unteren) (Hands [The Meditation Between Above and Below]), offset lithograph, on wove paper, 1973, signed in pencil, from the edition of 610; Häuserfront (Wer hier nichts erkennen kann, muß selber pendeln) (House fronts [Anyone unable to make anything out must use his own pendulum]), offset lithograph and gold, on tracing paper, 1973, signed in pencil; In der Oper (Entscheidung der Frage, ob den Schwämmen Bewußstein zukommt) (At the Opera [Answer to the Question Whether Sponges Possess Consciousness]), offset lithograph on green flock paper, 1973, signed in pencil, from the edition of 564; Figur mit Hand (Es schwindelt...) (Figure with Hand [Dizzy...]), offset lithograph on paper with snakeskin texture, 1973, signed in pencil, from the edition of 100 on brown paper; and Günter Brus, offset lithograph on thin board, 1973, signed in pencil , numbered 9/175; each the full sheet
Largest Sheet: 24³⁄₄ x 18 in. (629 x 457 mm.)

Becker & van der Osten 27, 29-33

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Including: Fernsehbild Eishockey (TV Picture Ice Hockey) (B. & O. 27), Hände (Die Vermittlung zwischen dem Oberen und dem Unteren) (Hands [The Meditation Between Above and Below]) (B. & O. 29), Häuserfront (Wer hier nichts erkennen kann, muß selber pendeln) (House fronts [Anyone unable to make anything out must use his own pendulum]) (B. & O. 30), In der Oper (Entscheidung der Frage, ob den Schwämmen Bewußstein zukommt) (At the Opera [Answer to the Question Whether Sponges Possess Consciousness]) (B. & O. 31), Figur mit Hand (Es schwindelt...) (Figure with Hand [Dizzy...]) (B. & O. 32), and Günter Brus (B. & O. 33)

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Fernsehbild Eishockey (TV Picture Ice Hockey) (B. & O. 27): published by Griffelkunst-Vereinigung, Hamburg, with their ink stamp on the reverse
handling creases in places throughout, otherwise in generally good condition
Sheet: 24³⁄₄ x 18 in. (629 x 457 mm.)

Hände (Die Vermittlung zwischen dem Oberen und dem Unteren) (Hands [The Meditation Between Above and Below]) (B. & O. 29): published by Griffelkunst-Vereinigung, Hamburg
a pale area of surface soiling in the lower right image quadrant, occasional very soft handling creases in places, otherwise in good condition
Sheet: 17⁷⁄₈ x 24⁵⁄₈ in. (455 x 625 mm.)

Häuserfront (Wer hier nichts erkennen kann, muß selber pendeln) (House fronts [Anyone unable to make anything out must use his own pendulum]) (B. & O. 30): published by Griffelkunst-Vereinigung, Hamburg
occasional pale surface soiling in places, otherwise in good condition
Sheet: 17⁷⁄₈ x 24³⁄₄ in. (454 x 629 mm.)

In der Oper (Entscheidung der Frage, ob den Schwämmen Bewußstein zukommt) (At the Opera [Answer to the Question Whether Sponges Possess Consciousness]) (B. & O 31): published by Griffelkunst-Vereinigung, Hamburg
occasional soft handling creases in places in the unprinted area, otherwise in generally very good condition
Sheet: 17⁷⁄₈ x 24³⁄₄ in. (454 x 629 mm.)

Figur mit Hand (Es schwindelt...) (Figure with Hand [Dizzy...]) (B. & O. 32): published by Griffelkunst-Vereinigung, Hamburg
soft creases in places throughout, otherwise in generally good condition
Sheet: 24⁵⁄₈ x 17⁷⁄₈ in. (626 x 454 mm.)

Günter Brus (B. & O. 33): co-published by Galerie und Edition Udo Leibelt, Marburg, and Galerie Erhard Klein, Bonn
pale light-staining, very minor splitting at the sheet corners, a very small area of skinning on the reverse lower sheet edge, otherwise in generally good condition
Sheet: 11¹⁄₂ x 9¹⁄₈ in. (292 x 232 mm.)

Please note this lot consists of six unframed prints.

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